Many people often say there is more stress in today's society than in years past. In fact, these people are comparing our lives with that of the cave man, who didn't have to worry about the stock market or the atomic bomb. They forget that the cave man worried about being eaten by a hear while he was asleep, or about dying of hunger--things that few people worry much about today.

Actually stress is a normal state of affairs, and it's important that people understand what they are talking about when they speak about stress. Whenever anyone experiences something unpleasant, for lack of a better word they say they are under stress. Yet there is such a thing as pleasant stress--as in the case of the Olympic winner at the moment of his glory, or a conductor as his orchestra performs particularly well. They are just sending out excitement, and they are giving off all the stress hormones exactly the same as if they were in low spirits or had just heard of a death in the family. We call the pleasant or healthy kind "eustress” and the unpleasant or unhealthy kind "distress".

Then how can people deal with stress? The secret is not to avoid it but to "do your own thing". It implies doing what you like to do and what you are made to do at your own speed. For most people, it is really a matter of learning how to live and how to behave in various situations, to decide: “Do I really want to take my father's business or be a musician?” If you really want to be a musician, then be one.

64. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

    A. Modern people experiences more stress than the cave man.

    B. The cave man experienced more stress than modern people.

    C. People don't suffer more stress today; it's just that they think they do.

    D. Modern people have the same worries as the cave man did.

65. In which of the following situations will you feel "eustress"?

    A. Your favorite football team has lost an important game.

    B. You have failed an important examination.

    C. You are informed of an accident of your best friend.

    D. You have won the first prize in an English competition.

66 The purpose of writing the passage is to let us know _________________________.

    A. stress does not necessarily refer to unpleasant experience

    B. distress is what people call the pleasant kind of stress

    C. an Olympic winner feels the same stress as one who loses a family member

    D. people will feel eustress and distress at the same time

67. According to the passage, how can people deal with stress?

A. Do things that you really want to do.    B. Do whatever you're expected to do.

C. Try to do things successfully.          D. Refuse to do whatever you're told to.

第三部分 任務型閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

The history of Chinese calligraphy is probably as long as that of China itself. Calligraphy is a special category in China’s world of fine arts. Through the centuries Chinese characters have changed constantly and are mainly divided into five categories today: the seal script (zhuan shu), official script (li shu), regular script (kai shu), running script (xing shu) and cursive script (cao shu).

Calligraphy involves a great deal of theory and requires many skills. Among the most outstanding calligraphers in ancient China were Wang Xizhi, Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhengqing, and Liu Gongquan, who are known for pioneering their own styles.

In writhing calligraphy, one will need a brush, paper, an ink-stick and an ink-stone, commonly referred to as the “Four Treasures of the Study”. There are different types of brushes. White-goat-hair, black-rabbit-hair and yellow-weasel-hair brushes are the main ones. According to their function, brushes are classified into three groups: hard, soft and medium. Brush sticks are usually made of bamboo, wood, or porcelain; ivory or jade sticks are rare and precious.

The ink-stick is a unique pigment used for Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy. The most famous ink-stick is hui mo (Anhui ink stick), made from pines that grow on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. Clean water is needed to grind the ink-stick. Press the ink-stick hard and rub it lightly, slowly and evenly against the ink slab to make thick, liquid-ink.

While paper comes in many varieties, Xuan paper, produced in Xuanzhou (today’s Anhui Province), is considered the best for Chinese calligraphy. The paper is soft and fine textured, suitable for conveying the artistic expression of both Chinese calligraphy and painting. With a good tensile strength and moth-proof quality, the paper can be preserved for a long time.

Ink-stones or ink-slabs have been classified into three categories: Duan, she and Tao. Features common to all three are hardness and fineness. Although the stone is hard and fine, it is not dry or slippery. Using a hard and smooth stone, liquid ink can be produced easily by rubbing the ink-stick against the stone.

By handling the brush and ink skillfully and carefully, the artist can produce an infinite variety of calligraphic styles and forms.

Title: Chinese Calligraphy

–Are you still very busy?      --Yes, I _____ the report for the manager and it won’t take long.

A. have just finished                        B. am just finishing

C. had just finished                         D. am just going to finish

 I hadn't intended to get much from the business I ran the first year, while it ____ so well.

　　A. went out 　　B. carried out 　　C. made out 　　D. turned out

Ladies and gentlemen, please ______ seated until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A. remain          B. keep              C. go                 D. get

.Never before ______ to ______ what his parents expect of him more than it is today .

A.he has failed;live up to      B. he failed not;come up with

C.has he failed;live up to       D.did he failed; come up with

第二節(jié) 讀寫任務(共1小題，滿分25分)

閱讀下面的短文,然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

The generation gap between students and teachers is becoming more significant with only 3.3 percent out of a survey group of 1,000 students from 30 key middle schools in the city saying they would be willing to tell their teachers of their inner thoughts.

In today’s educational environment, teachers are positioned to be the authority figure for learning instead of also becoming good friends in the life of students.

As only students with good marks in exams are considered the “ apples in the eyes” of the teachers, most students think their teachers to be partial (偏心).

“ I feel sad to hear such remarks”, said Yu Yi , a well-known special-class teacher.

She recalled that in the past, teachers and students would play basketball together or comment on the novels while sitting on the grass during a break. But today, study and good marks are the only topics of conversation between students and teachers.

“Schools are not only the place where knowledge is imparted (傳授) but also where students are taught how to be an upright person,” Yu said. “The success of a person is not merely determined by intelligence but also by emotional state. ”

Yang Xiong, director of the Juvenile Research Institute, said the educational system which focuses on examinations should be held to be substantially responsible.

       [寫作內容]

       1. 以約30個詞概括學生不愿告訴老師內心想法的原因;

       2. 以約120個詞就“現(xiàn)代師生關系”這個主題發(fā)表你的看法,包括如下要點:

( 1 ) 你是否愿意告訴老師你內心的想法,為什么?

( 2 ) 你希望你與你的老師之間的關系是怎樣的,如何才能建立這種關系?

       [寫作要求]

1. 可以使用實例或其他論述方法支持你的論點，也可以參照閱讀材料的內容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2. 標題自定；3. 文中不能出現(xiàn)考生真實姓名和學校名稱。

       [評分標準]     概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內容合適，篇章連貫。

第二節(jié) 信息匹配(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)

       閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡上將對應題號的相應選項字母涂黑。

       首先請閱讀下列國外媒體上的插圖及提示性文字：

       以下是關于這些插圖的簡要評論。請把評論與相關插圖及提示性文字匹配起來。

46. The debate has been raging for years over the safety of, and necessity for, childhood vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed “The Vaccine War”. The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar issue.

47. There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film. It makes the film easier to market. Stars also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue. However, a star does not guarantee success. The simple fact is that if you pay a star a great deal of money for a film that people don’t want to see, then it won’t work.

48. They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires. At the age when many people are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their overseas homes. Daniel Radcliffe, for example, who plays Harry Potter, has a fortune of ??42 million, at 20.

49. Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security, are showing up at emergency rooms of state-owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting time and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.

50. Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14,repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems.

To our surprise, the fashionable young lady ________ to be a thief．

A．found out B．proved out          C．put out         D．turned out

It’s obvious that she ______ him for a long time.

A. has adored          B. adored               

C. is adoring          D. has been adoring.